Pumpkin Flower

With all the sunny weather and no moisture pumpkins don't know what to do. They love the sun and are flowering profusely. I'm getting lots of babies but when some pumpkins are about the size of an egg they are shriveling and dying, letting the more established ones get any available moisture.

Pumpkin Flower

With all the sunny weather and no moisture pumpkins don't know what to do. They love the sun and are flowering profusely. I'm getting lots of babies but when some pumpkins are about the size of an egg they are shriveling and dying, letting the more established ones get any available moisture.

I dunno about Canadian pumpkins (what types, etc). All our pumpkins love sun and some water. The more sun, the more flowers, but not all flowers turn to pumpkins. Depends if the sex workers did their work.

Mary MacADNski: These were already small pumpkins but when they got so big they shriveled and died. I see it every year but many more this year. It is a self protective mechanism to ensure the larger fruit reach maturity - the seed.